I hope you have a wonderful summer! Keep singing! What was your favorite song we sang this year?
Let’s start by singing You Are My Sunshine together:
We have one more Musication “Home Edition”. You can play it on anything in your home or choose movements for each color:
Lastly, please sing a song! That’s it, please sing a song. Any song is fine. It’s even better if you sing it for somebody. I’m attaching a link to my youtube channel if you can’t think of one.
I miss you all and love seeing your videos or pictures on the Google Classroom. Have a great summer.
Good morning! In honor of Memorial Day, we’re still singing patriotic music. Remember, that means songs about The United States.
We have three songs:
We started America (My Country Tis of Thee) two weeks ago, and started You’re a Grand Old Flag last week. This week we sing both and add Yankee Doodle.
Here is the American Sign Language for Yankee Doodle!
Let’s take a dance break!
It’s so nice to see the forecast for this week. Here’s Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and The Waves
Lastly for this week, we’ve also been working on rhythms.
We tend to use “Du” and “Du De” (Doo Day), but “Ta and Ti Ti” (Tee Tee) is just as easy to understand.
Especially 1st grade, we would be ending our year focused on rhythm practice just like this
Let’s take a look at some rhythms again. This use the dotted quarter and eighth combo we’ve been working on:
Next, let’s learn to sign and sing The Star Spangled Banner. It’s the national anthem of our country, which means it’s the official song:
Lastly, this week would have been the Gettysburg/Philadelphia Trip. Here is a parody of Cheap Thrills all about the Civil War!
Lastly, here is a Civil War song you may recognize. Words are included so you can sing along:
When Johnny comes marching home again Hurrah! Hurrah! We’ll give him a hearty welcome then Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer and the boys will shout The ladies they will all turn out And we’ll all feel glad When Johnny comes marching home.
The old church bell will peal with joy Hurrah! Hurrah! To welcome home our darling boy, Hurrah! Hurrah! The village lads and lassies say With roses they will strew the way, And we’ll all feel glad When Johnny comes marching home.
Get ready for the Jubilee, Hurrah! Hurrah! We’ll give the hero three times three, Hurrah! Hurrah! The laurel wreath is ready now To place upon his loyal brow And we’ll all feel glad When Johnny comes marching home.
Let love and friendship on that day, Hurrah, hurrah! Their choicest pleasures then display, Hurrah, hurrah! And let each one perform some part, To fill with joy the warrior’s heart, And we’ll all feel glad When Johnny comes marching home.
Feel free to try the K-1 or 2-3 rhythms as well. Just click on the other lessons under “Home Lessons”
Here is a video made by a friend to practice clapping as well! Some of the rhythms are meant for Middle-schoolers, but even if you aren’t successful on the first try, he leads you through it.
Optional: Try this Lego activity I recorded for the 2nd and 3rd graders
Last week, we were also talking about dances driving pop music forward. Here is a version of a dance that was super popular when I was younger:
Think about how TikTok has made songs popular because of the dance challenges! (That’s not an assignment, just think about it)
